Spring training will be here before you know it, which is a glad tiding for most of us.
But for some MLB teams, it should function more as a warning.
The looming spring means the offseason is winding down, and I'm looking at nine teams—originally 10 before the Baltimore Orioles traded for Corbin Burnes on Thursday—that can't look at how they've rearranged their rosters for 2024 and call it a job well done. They still have work to do.
One could count clubs like the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals among this group.